I must confess that 12 months ago I'd never heard of Michael McIntyre but one of my former colleagues went to se him and raved how brilliant he was. The Perrier judges must have agreed, as Michael was a Newcomer nominee, so this year I decided to check him out for myself and have to concur, the guy is brilliant.

From moment one he captivated the audience with a mixture of chatting with the audience and telling funny stories.

Names seem too be an important part of his set, as the audience are encouraged to assist in the selecting the name for the imminent offspring of one audience member and he checks out the middle names of one and all to glean further humour from them.

And talking of names, he has now obviously made one for himself, and would it look good on the Perrier Award? I for one think it really would.

Fringe Programme page number;   48

Company;  Paul Duddridge Management

Venue

V33, Pleasance Courtyard

Dates

4th  to 30th August  2004 (not 10th, 16th)

Times

20-15  to  21-15

Comedy 2004

Music 2004

Other 2004

Theatre 2004

Musicals 2004